Sad-iron.



C. W. WODZNSKI.

SAD IRON.

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SAD IRON.

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CHARLES W. WODZNSKI, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SAD-IRON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. lVODZN- SKI, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Milwaukee, in the-county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sad irons, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means for heating the sad iron and feeding liquid carbon fuel to the burner confined within the body of the iron.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the handle of the iron from becoming over-heated.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a self-heating sad iron with a detachable cover to which the handle is.se cured, said cover being lined with asbestos to prevent the handle from becoming overheated and the body of the iron being also lined with asbestos to prevent the interior surface of the iron from becoming rusted out by the heat and dripping fuel.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sad iron made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the body of the iron with the cover, handle and fuel reservoir removed.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body portion of the sad iron, said body portion being hollow and provided with a cover 2 to which the handle 3 is secured by means of a metal yoke or strap 1 and bolts The inside of the bottom is lined with a sheet of asbestos 6, and the underside of the cover 2 is also provided with an asbestos lining 7 the former being for the purpose of preventing the rusting out of the iron, owing to the dripping of the lighted fuel and the latter being for the purpose of insulating the top of the iron from direct contact with the flame, to prevent overheating of the handle. The cover 2 is provided with a forwardly projecting pin 8 which fits a socket in the inner side of the turn button of the iron Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 30, 1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909..

Serial No. 469,995.

body, and to hold the cover firmly in place a pair of pivot buttons 9 are connected to the upper rear corners of the iron body, said buttons being pivoted at 10 and provided with finger holds 11.

Removably secured within the flat iron body is a hydro-carbon burner tube 12 provided with a series of slots 13 in its underside, said tube being closed at one end 1-1:. The opposite end of the tube is fitted into a casting 15 of tubular form provided with a starting pan 16 at one end, from which leads a fuel passage 17, said passage being curved at 18 and provided with a suitable opening 19 in which the burner tube 12 is fitted. The casting is provided with a pin or stud 2O fitted in a socket in the front end of the iron body.

The fuel reservoir 21 is provided with a screw cap 22, said reservoir having a fuel duct 23 in its lower end, said duct leading into a fuel passage 24: of small bore, said fuel passage being formed in a horizontally disposed tube 25 formed integral with the fuel reservior. This tube is provided with a lug 26 which is secured to the rear end of the iron body by means of a screw 27. Fitted in the outer end of the tube 25 is a valve stem 28 provided with a milled head 29 and a spirally threaded portion 30 which fits a similarly threaded portion of the outer end of the tube 25. A suitable stufiing box 31 surrounds the stem 28 and is connected to said tube to prevent leakage of fuel. Formed on the inner end of the stem 28 is a needle valve 82 fitting a conical seat at the outer end of the passageway 24.

Connected to the inner end of the tube 25 is a feed tip 33 having a small opening 34 therein which communicates with the starting pan 16. A lug 35 projecting downward from the inner side of the cover 2 engages the rear wall of the starting pan to hold the burner and its connected parts in position. Air holes 36 in the sides of the body portion of the iron communicate with the interior to admit air for mixing with the hydro-carbon fuel and to support combustion.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a sad iron constructed in accordance with my invention is comparatively simple in con struction, has provision for insulating the handle and for preventing rusting out of the body portion of the iron; that the fuel reservoir, the feed tube and the valve and valve seat are all formed integral and can be readily removed from the iron by loosening a single screw.

I claim The herein described sad iron comprising a hollow body portion provided with perforations to admit air to the interior thereof, a hydrocarbon burner within the sad iron, said burner having a U-shaped fuel passage, a starting pan connected to said burner, a fuel reservoir outside the iron, a tube connected to said reservoir and provided with a restricted feed passage, a duct leading from the reservoir to said passage, and a needle Valve at the outer end of the tube, said sad 15 iron being lined at the top and bottom with asbestos.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES V. VVODZNSKI.

Witnesses RICHARD ELsNnR, MAX RYNsKI. 

